Wedderburn meteorite

{{short description|Iron meteorite discovered in 1951}}

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|Type = Iron{{cite web |title=Wedderburn |url=https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=24229 |website=The Meteoritical Society |accessdate=1 September 2019}}

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|Group = IAB-sLH

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|Country = Australia

|Region = Victoria

|Lat_Long = {{coord|36|26|S|143|38|E|display=title,inline}}

|Observed_fall = No

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|Found_date = 1951

|TKW = {{convert|210|g}}

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The Wedderburn meteorite is an iron meteorite discovered in 1951 near the town of Wedderburn in the state of Victoria, Australia.

In 2019 it was announced that edscottite, a mineral previously not found in nature, had been identified in a sample of the Wedderburn meteorite.{{cite web |last1=Mannix |first1=Liam |title=This meteorite came from the core of another planet. Inside it, a new mineral |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/this-meteorite-came-from-the-core-of-another-planet-inside-it-a-new-mineral-20190830-p52mhg.html |website=The Age |date=31 August 2019 |accessdate=1 September 2019}}{{cite journal |last1=Ma |first1=Chi |last2=Rubin |first2=Alan |title=Edscottite, Fe5C2, a new iron carbide mineral from the Ni-rich Wedderburn IAB iron meteorite |journal=American Mineralogist |date=September 2019 |volume=104 |issue=9 |pages=1351–1355 |doi=10.2138/am-2019-7102 |bibcode=2019AmMin.104.1351M |s2cid=201724528 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ammin.2019.104.issue-9/am-2019-7102/am-2019-7102.xml |accessdate=1 September 2019|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }} It is believed the mineral was created in the core of another planet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/115451050/rare-meteorite-contains-a-new-mineral-never-seen-before-in-nature|title=Rare meteorite contains a new mineral, never seen before in nature|website=Stuff|date=September 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-09-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencealert.com/mineral-never-seen-in-nature-found-buried-in-heart-of-mysterious-meteorite|title=Scientists Confirm The Discovery of a Mineral Never Before Seen in Nature|last=Dockrill|first=Peter|website=ScienceAlert|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-09-02}}